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The Faraday Institution’s trustees bring multifaceted perspectives and experiences from academia, industry, and public service to the role of advising the Faraday Institution. Board members serve as ambassadors and advisers in support of the Faraday Institution’s aims.

Chair

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Peter B. Littlewood

Chair

Peter B. Littlewood is Professor of Physics at the University of Chicago. He served as the 13th Director of the US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory, after having served as the associate laboratory director of its Physical Sciences and Engineering directorate. He spent the previous 14 years at the University of Cambridge, where he last served as the head of the Cavendish Laboratory and the Department of Physics. Littlewood is internationally recognized for his research in a number of areas, including superconductivity, semiconductor optics, and magnetic materials. Littlewood holds a bachelor’s degree in natural sciences (physics) and a doctorate in physics, both from the University of Cambridge. More...

Vice-Chair

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Stephen Heidari-Robinson

Vice-Chair

Stephen Heidari-Robinson is co-founder and managing director of Quartz Associates. He served as former UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s energy and environment adviser and was one of the architects of the UK’s generation strategy and decarbonisation plan. Heidari-Robinson spent nine years as a leader in McKinsey and Company’s energy practice and was a vice president of Schlumberger. Heidari-Robinson read history at the University of Oxford, holds an MA in architectural history from the Courtauld Institute, London University, and studied Farsi at the School of Oriental and African Studies. More...

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Jeff Chamberlain

Jeff Chamberlain is CEO of Volta Energy Technologies, a company that identifies and invests in battery and energy storage technology after performing deep diligence with the support of unparalleled global research institutions. In service both to its strategic corporate investors and to entrepreneurs, Volta identifies and invests in the most promising energy-storage innovations. Chamberlain holds a PhD in physical chemistry from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a BS in Chemistry from Wake Forest University. More...

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Dr Andreas Docter

Dr. Andreas Docter is the Director of Electric Powertrain at Jaguar Land Rover (JLR). He leads a team of specialist engineers, senior managers and Chief Engineers in the field of Batteries, Power Electronics, Electric Drive units, Transmissions and Fuel Cell development - responsible for the Research, Design and Development of next generation of Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Powertrain systems and components for JLR.

Before joining JLR he worked for Daimler AG in various leadership positions in the field of Electrical Engineering and Powertrain for more than 20 years. Over the years, he has played an instrumental part in Daimler’s current generation electrified vehicles, ranging from different types of Hybrid Vehicles (48V-MHEV, PHEV), full Battery Electric Vehicles and Fuel Cell Vehicles. His involvement includes everything from the powertrain architecture design, the HV-system design, as well as hardware and software design and delivery for all the components of the Powertrain, including Batteries, Fuel Cells, Fuel Cell systems, hydrogen storage, Power Electronics and Charging components, Electric machines and Transmissions. These powertrains and components are used in all of Daimler`s electrified powertrains for passenger cars (smart and Mercedes), Mercedes Vans, Mercedes Bus and Daimler Trucks.

His last role with Daimler AG was head of battery engineering and in parallel he held the role as CEO of deutsche Accumotive GmbH &Co. KG, Daimler`s 100% affiliate company for battery engineering and manufacturing, and at the same time CEO of Li-Tec Battery GmbH, Daimler`s 100% affiliate company for advanced lithium ion cell technology.

He studied Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern University in Chicago and at Bochum University in Germany, where he completed his PhD in Thermodynamics.

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Johney Green

Dr Johney Green Jr. serves as the Associate Laboratory Director for the Mechanical and Thermal Engineering Sciences directorate at the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Green oversees early-stage and applied research and development in NREL’s advanced manufacturing, buildings efficiency, concentrating solar power, geothermal energy, sustainable transportation, water power, and wind energy programs. Green holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Memphis and a master’s and doctorate in mechanical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. More...

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Dr Julie Maxton

Dr Julie Maxton CBE is the Executive Director of the Royal Society, the first woman in 350 years to hold the post. Before taking up her position at the Royal Society in 2011 Maxton was Registrar at the University of Oxford, the first woman in 550 years in the role. Maxton combined a career as a practising lawyer with that of an academic, holding a number of senior academic positions, including those of Deputy Vice Chancellor, Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. More...

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Jorge Pikunic

Jorge Pikunic is Managing Director of Centrica’s global Distributed Energy & Power business, established to deliver distributed energy solutions for large energy users as part of a more flexible energy landscape. Born in Venezuela, Pikunic is an engineer and holds a MSc and PhD in Chemical Engineering. He was a research fellow at the University of Oxford before joining McKinsey & Company, where he advised a number of institutions in energy and other sectors. More...

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Mark Spearing

Professor Mark Spearing is the Vice-President, Research and Enterprise at the University of Southampton. Previously he was the Pro Vice-Chancellor (International) and Head of the School of Engineering Sciences, having been appointed as the Professor of Engineering Materials in 2004. He was a faculty member at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1994-2004. His personal research focuses on structural and functional materials. He holds a BA and PhD in Engineering from the University of Cambridge. More...

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Maurits van Tol

Maurits van Tol is Chief Technology Officer at Johnson Matthey, a global leader in science that enables a cleaner and healthier world.

Before joining Johnson Matthey, Maurits was Senior Vice President Innovation and Technology at Borealis. He was responsible for shaping the Circular Economy business for Borealis as well as being part of the company’s management board responsible for their plastics business. Maurits was a senior leader with Borealis between 2012 and 2019. Prior to that he spent 19 years with Royal DSM in a wide variety of R&D, innovation and business management roles.

Maurits has a PhD in Catalysis and an MSc in Physical Chemistry and Catalysis, both from Leiden University, The Netherlands. Parts of his studies were also performed at the University of East Anglia, and UC Berkeley. He shares the Faraday Institution’s passion for science, having achieved 18 patents and 30 publications, and he sits on a number of advisory boards for technology across the chemicals sector.

Maurits enjoys travelling, discovering different cultures and the great outdoors, and has a passion for running, art and cars.

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Professor Edström

Professor Edström leads the Ångström Advanced Battery Centre (ÅABC) and she is a professor of Inorganic Chemistry at Uppsala University, Sweden. The main research interests are lithium-ion batteries for all applications including electric vehicles, 3D microbatteries but beyond lithium batteries (sodium-ion, organic batteries, lithium-sulfur, lithium/sodium-oxygen batteries and solid state batteries). She also develops photon science and neutron scattering in operando methods for studying dynamic processes in materials and batteries, in addition to having a great interest in teaching and guiding young researchers. She is a member of the Royal Academy of Engineering Sciences. More...

Senior Advisor

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Sir Oliver Letwin

Senior Advisor

Sir Oliver served as the Member of Parliament for West Dorset from 1997 to 2019. From 2010, he was the Minister for Government Policy in David Cameron’s coalition government and coordinated the push to make the UK a world leader in electric vehicles. He continued to serve as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Cabinet Minister in overall charge of the Cabinet Office until July 2016. He was educated at the University of Cambridge, Princeton University, and London Business School. In a varied career, Sir Oliver has been a research fellow at Cambridge University, a civil servant, and a bank director. He lives in West Dorset and London. More...

People committee

Chair:

Julie Maxton

Members:

Stephen Heidari-Robinson

Audit, finance and risk committee

Chair:

Stephen Heidari-Robinson

Members:

Mark Spearing

Jeff Chamberlain

Kristina Edstrom

Andrew Lewis

Business Impact committee

Chair:

Jorge Pikunic

Members:

Oliver Letwin

Andreas Docter

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